INWOOD — Musselman High School has inducted eight new members into its athletics Hall of Fame, expanding the number of total inductees to 113. To be inducted, members had to have made significant contributions to the school’s athletic teams and athletic programs.
The Musselman High School Hall of Fame Class of 2024 is the following:
Terry Aikens
Terry Aikens is a lifetime resident of Berkeley County. He graduated from Musselman High School in 1975.
He was a member of Musselman’s 1974 WV Class A State Champion Football Team and held numerous positions on the team: starter, offense, defense and special teams. He was also a member of Musselman’s basketball team and ran track and field. He lettered in all three sports.
Unfortunately, a debilitating dislocated shoulder during a game in his sophomore season, accompanied with three additional shoulder dislocations, required reconstructive surgery prevented him from playing sports in his junior year.
Terry attended Fairmont State College for two years. Following college, he began his 45-year career in the construction industry, where he became a skilled Carpenter, Electrician and retired in Construction Project Management. Throughout his career, he built and/or renovated numerous schools, residential and commercial structures throughout Berkeley County. He was the site supervisor for the rebuild of the stadium concession stand.
Terry is married to his wife, Terri, and resides in Arden.
April “Wilkins” Funkhouser
April graduated from Musselman High School in 1988. She played Basketball and Softball for the Lady A’s from 1984 to 1988. April played on the varsity basketball team for three years and the varsity softball team for four years. In 1988, April was a pivotal part of the first Musselman girls softball team to win a sectional title. She was a member of the All-Area Girls Softball Team, Eastern Panhandle “Queens of the Diamond,” and the All-Sectional tournament team. April was a member of the Girls Athletic Association (GAA) where she enjoyed donkey basketball games for two years. She enjoyed the Marching band, marching in the apple blossom parade, and traveling by bus to Disney World for a competition, led by band director Albert Copenhaver.
April graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2010 from Mountain State University with a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership. She is a past president of the Musselman High School girls’ basketball Boosters serving the 2021 and 2022 seasons, a past Vice President of the Musselman High School girls’ basketball Boosters serving the 2023 season, and a past Vice President of the Musselman High School Girls Volleyball Boosters serving from 2007-2009 seasons. She was youth coach for Girl’s basketball, softball, and volleyball through the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Parks and Recreation program and AAU from 1999-2022. April coached Musselman High School Fall Basketball and Softball teams in 2021 and 2022. She created and ran the South Berkeley girls’ basketball skills and drills camps from 2015-2022. She is a current 4-H leader of the Blue Ridge Helping Hands, a position held since 2015. She was a two-time 4-H leader of the year in 2016 and 2023. She served in the Community Combined Ministries, KPP food bank (2016-2018) and a member of the Outstanding Alumni in 2023.
She served with the 167th Air Lift Wing from 1991-1998. For the past 23 years she has worked for the United States Coast Guard, earning Employee of the Year in 2014 and multiple quarterly recognition awards throughout her tenure. April received the Cyber Information Security Management certification in May of 2024
April is married to Todd Funkhouser and together they have three children (all Musselman Alumni) Emily, Evan and Elena, as well as one granddaughter, Everli.
Suzanne Horner
Susanne is a 1966 graduate of Hedgesville High School and the only “sport” that was available to girls was cheerleading, so she cheered for 6 years. Hedgesville was like Musselman, grades 7-12, with 300 students in the entire school and no girls sports.
She attended Shepherd College from 1966 to 1969, married Jerry Horner, December 1968, and moved to Naples, Italy, until 1970. She returned to Shepherd College and graduated December of 1972 with a degree in Health, Physical Education and Library Science. Throughout her entire formal education there were never any sports for girls/women in Berkeley County or at Shepherd College. Title IX had just been passed into law June 23, 1972 and thanks to the efforts and persistence of Carol Kamensky, womens’ sports were beginning in Berkeley County.
In December of 1972, she and Jerry moved to South Berkeley County where they have lived for 52 years. In the fall of 1974, Jerry was teaching and coaching at Musselman High School and Susanne became involved with the football program as a coach’s wife. In 1973, she was teaching Health and Physical Education and was the cheerleading coach at Hedgesville High School which made for an interesting life at work and home. At the beginning of 1975, she was a stay at home mom until 1983, before returning to substituting and was the cheerleading coach at Musselman High School. On the first day of school in 1983, she received a call that they needed a Library/Media Specialist at Hedgesville High School. She took the job and again was split between the two schools. Through all of this, she became active in the Football Boosters, putting together discount cards, ham sandwich sales, shirt designs and sales, many spirit items, Bonanzas and helping with anything that the Boosters were doing.
In the 1990’s, Susanne became an assistant track coach at Musselman and after retiring from coaching track in 1997, she became a WVSSAC track official, officiating local track meets and the State Track Meet in Charleston, WV. At the 1995 State Championship Football game at Wheeling Island Stadium, she was initiated into the job of taking pictures on the sidelines for Musselman football, a job that was thoroughly enjoyed and continued for many years. During the Championship game, Musselman was getting ready to kick a field goal to win the game, she remembers turning to Dee Price on the sideline with her and said “Is he able to kick a field goal that far?” and Dee said “Well, we’ll see”. Kelvin Jones kicked the field goal and Musselman won the game. After each game she had the pictures taken, developed and Coach Price used the pictures for the highlight tapes at the end of the year and then the pictures were given to the players. Susanne loved every minute of taking the pictures and providing them to the players.
She is an active member of Arden United Methodist Church. Susanne is a member of Shenandoah Valley Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Camp Frame Board of Directors, West Virginia 4-H All Stars, Arden –Tabler CEOS (Homemakers), active with Berkeley County 4-H, was named a Musselman High School Pillar of the Community, the coordinator for the Wreaths Across America with Arden United Methodist Church cemetery and the John Augustine Washington Society, Children of the American Revolution and a volunteer with several additional Mountain State Apple Harvest activities and a member of the Hedgesville High School Alumni Association. She and Jerry were named Outstanding Citizens of the Community for the South Berkeley Community Christmas Parade, an honor that each cherish.
Below is a quote by Susanne resonating the values we share as Applemen:
“We are the parents of three Musselman High School graduates, Andrew 1993, Mark 1995, and Laura 1996. We also have six grandchildren, Bradley Meske, Chandler Meske, Hannah Horner Green, Drew Horner, Cole Horner and Cate Horner. I have been very fortunate to have good people around me on this journey and I thank them for their support and love.”
Dave Marchette
Dave, originally from Buffalo, NY, came to Musselman high school after graduation from Fairmont state University 1969 after earning his B.S. in Physical Education, Health & Recreation. He began as a teacher in the fall of 1969 under Mr. Waldeck, teaching geography, world history, shop, West Virginia history and was a class sponsor for the year of 1970-1971. He also directed a school play called “Where the Boys Are” in 1969-70.
Dave started the wrestling program that he led for two seasons. He was fortunate enough to win the first ever match vs Berkeley Springs while forfeiting 5 weight classes. Larry Carte followed Coach Marchette after those first two seasons. Dave was leaned on heavily in the development of and building of most of the equipment that filled the fieldhouse. He worked hand in hand with Coach Price, Bill Riggleman and many booster members to see that Musselman had a big advantage with this facility.
His contributions toward football include: assistant football coach for one year with Charlie Cline at the junior varsity level, assistant Track coach alongside Bob Kamensky for one year, was a video filmer from 16mm film to cassette style with Ronnie Lewis and Ron Funkhouser. He provided this service from the late 80’s- 1998. He took great pride in producing high quality game footage for varsity football games…not something that every school had. Dave mentioned a quote that represents his feelings about our community and school, “I enjoyed the overall comradery of the staff…It was amazing to be associated with these people.”
Career-wise, he worked in the first alternative school in Berkeley and the state, Super Bennett came after Dave to transform the program into what is now the county alternative school program. This career change occurred during the 1991-92 school year. He has been the director of this program and homebound to this date…some 35 years.
Dave’s passion lies in powerlifting. He began at local level, state level, US level and was selected for the world competition team – a group of 50 people from teenage to master’s level. He competed in the Bench category and claimed approximately 20 different competitions that he has claimed the champion level. He was the world record holder in 1996 for his age and weight class. He still holds records by age and weight class in the state of WV.
Dave is married to June Paige, he is father to Michelle Albert and Dr. Antoinette Funk, stepdaughter Andrea Davis, stepson Justin Gess. Granddaughters are Ashley Dopson…Grandsons- Cody Barrett, Ethan Funk, Noah Funk, Great granddaughters- Blakley, Ashlin, Joanne, great grandson- Knox.
Jeff McDaniel
Jeff first walked the corridors of Musselman High School in the fall of 1969 as a small 7th-grader. His first experience with football was limited, playing only one game however, a spark was lit.
The Fall of 1970 ushered in a new assistant coach, Rod Pittman, who saw promise in the undersized athlete. Head Coach Kervin Miller led Musselman Jr. High to the first undefeated season in school history. Jeff garnered enough playing time to earn his freshman “letter” as an 8th-grader. In his freshman season, the Jr. High Applemen finished with a 7-1 record. In two seasons, Jeff and his class of 75 teammates amassed an incredible record of 15 wins and just one loss. More impressive is that of those 15 wins, the Applemen had 10 shutouts, outscoring their opponents by a whopping 414-to-70-point margin. Jeff also participated in Jr. High track that school year and band.
In Jeff’s sophomore year, the Class of 1975 players dominated the roster and exposed them to three new coaches: Head Coach Bob Kaminsky and assistant coaches Jerry Horner and Denny Price. He earned his varsity letter that season, spending as much time as he could in the weight room.
The 1973 season saw Denny Price become Applemen’s head coach and Bill Riggleman join the coaching staff, becoming Jeff’s position coach. That year, Jeff played junior varsity basketball for Coach Price, agreeing to maintain his football weightlifting requirements with Coach Riggleman and play basketball. Jeff even lifted weights on basketball game days.
In 1974, the Applemen captured the Class A 1974 State Football Championship, the first Eastern Panhandle school to accomplish such a feat. Jeff was named to the All Bi-State Conference team as an Offensive Guard, Martinsburg Journal All-Area Team, Guard, and Defensive End, Honorable Mention All-State Guard, and recognized as an All-American in Coach & Athlete. However, Jeff’s most significant award was being named “Mr. Musselman, Jr.” by Mr. Musselman, Sr., Principal Kenneth Waldeck, “in recognition of his outstanding school spirit and dedication to Musselman High School.”
After graduation, Jeff enlisted in the West Virginia Air National Guard, serving six years as a mechanic. He helped form the South Berkeley Youth Football League in 1982 and the construction of the youth field.
Jeff graduated from Tennessee Tech University in 2001 and taught English, government, and history at Clay County High School. He also served as the head football coach and varsity baseball coach, leading both teams to the Tennessee state playoffs. Jeff also taught at Heather Ridge Alternative School in Frederick, Maryland, for 10 years, retiring in 2017.
Today, Jeff is a published author and plans to graduate from Tennessee Bible College in 2025 with a Master’s Degree in Theology.
Jeff is the son of the late Max and Mary Lou McDaniel. His wife of 28 years, Judy (Young), is also a member of the class of 75. Together, they have three children, Amy, AJ and Faith, and 23 grandchildren. Jeff also has a brother, Mike, who is a member of the Musselman class of 1978.
Clay Michael
Clay graduated from Musselman High School in 2002. He was the 2002 Felix Miller Outstanding Male athlete award recipient, which was shared with his best friend, Drew Lamb. As with so many of our Hall of Famers, Clay was a multi-sport athlete, participating in five sports throughout his high school days — basketball (4 years), soccer (3 years), tennis (2 years), baseball (1 year) and football (1 year).
Clay played freshman basketball, football, and JV baseball during the 1998-99 season where he was a starting player on the basketball and baseball teams.
As a sophomore, Clay started on the varsity basketball and soccer teams and helped them to a winning record.
As a junior, Clay continued to make his presence felt on the court and on the soccer field as he was a starter for both teams and earned Honorable Mention All-State honors for basketball.
As a senior, Clay played basketball, soccer, and tennis, and was once again an Honorable Mention All-State player on the hardwood. Clay also earned 2nd Team All-State honors his senior year for his efforts on the soccer pitch as Musselman’s goalkeeper.
Upon graduation from high school, Clay took his basketball skills to Bridgewater College. He was a 4-year starter at Bridgewater and served as team captain his senior year. Following two highly successful seasons, 2004-2005 & 2005-2006, Clay was recognized by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) both years, earning 2nd Team All-Conference honors.
Individually, Clay is 1 of only 7 players in Bridgewater College history to accumulate 1,000 points as well as 700 rebounds, 2 categories in basketball that represent the pinnacle for players. He finished his career with 1,078 points and 744 rebounds. He ranks No. 28 in career points and seventh in career rebounds at Bridgewater.
Following his collegiate career, Clay was one of the few players in the nation afforded an opportunity to continue playing basketball at the professional level. He did so in Germany, where he signed a contract to play for TSG Volksbank Reutlingen (2006-2007) in the German Regionaliga, where he led the team to a 2nd place finish. He concluded his professional basketball career in 2008 with the Oettinger Rockets Gotha in the German Regionaliga.
Following the completion of his basketball career in 2008, Clay began his formal career in defense and intelligence. He started with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Counterterrorism Division in 2008, and as his career progressed, he went on to support several other organizations within the U.S. Intelligence Community in a variety of operational roles. For the past several years, Clay has supported these organizations in various capacities while working for Deloitte Consulting, Gartner, and Cloudera Government Solutions.
Outside of his day job, Clay spent three seasons as a volunteer assistant men’s basketball coach at Shenandoah University from 2012-2014 and has been an assistant men’s basketball coach at his alma mater, Bridgewater College, from the 2015-16 season to the present.
Academically, Michael was as good in the classroom as he was in the sports arena. He graduated 3rd in his 2002 class and was a member of the National Honor Society while at Musselman. Michael graduated from Bridgewater College in 2006 with a degree in History & Political Science, magna cum laude. He went on to obtain his MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Gies College of Business in 2020.
Clay is the son of Sue Michael, stepson to the Late Michael C. Gochenour (1953-2024 — who preceded him into the Musselman athletic Hall of Fame) and son of Raymond L. Michael. He is married to Amanda Christine Michael. They reside in Winchester, Virginia.
Here are some statistics from Clay’s high school days:
As a sophomore, 208 pts scored, averaging 9.4 pts per game. He made a total of 240 rebs, 55 blocked shots, 40 steals and played in 22 games. He won the best defensive award, student athlete 4.0 award and leading rebounder, Herald-Mail All-Area Team Honorable Mention.
As a junior– He shot 56% from the field, averaging 14.9 pts per game and scoring 298 pts, 236 rebounds 36 steals, 39 assists and 43 blocked shots and played in 20 games. He was named to City Bank All-Tournament team, Super 7 All-Area team by the Martinsburg Journal and the PVC Division 1 All-Conference Team.
The academic recognitions Clay received over his 4-year collegiate career include: ODAC Men’s Basketball Academic All-Conference for four years (2002-2006), 2004-2005 ESPN the Magazine District III Men’s Basketball Academic All-South Region, 2004-2005 ODAC Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, 2005-2006 ESPN The Magazine District III Men’s Basketball Academic All-South Region, and 2005-2006 ODAC Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Clay was also nominated for the Rhodes Scholarship by the Bridgewater College History and Political Science Department in 2005.
Corey Smith
Corey Smith is a 2008 graduate of Musselman High School. As an athlete, Corey participated in football and basketball over his career. During his freshman year was a starting Tight End for the freshman team and dressed for varsity games. Prior to his sophomore year, he won the 2005 kicking.com expo in Miami, Fl as the rising sophomore status, going 9/9 in field goals and a long of 50 yards. During that high school season, he connected on 1/6 field goals and made 18 of 21 extra points. He also performed punting duties for the team and held a 39.2-yard average with 10 of 20 downed inside the 20 yard line. That year he was recognized as a letterman and was named Honorable Mention AAA All-State.
During Corey’s Junior season, he made 3 of 7 field goals and 21 of 22 field goals. Twenty-four of his kickoffs were touchbacks. On the punting side, he averaged 36.1 yards with a long of 65 yards and landed 12 of 34 punts inside the 20-yard line. Following his junior season, he lettered and was recognized as 2nd team AAA All-State punter, 1st team selection by the Herald-Mail, Martinsburg journal and Gameday magazine. He garnered national recognition as he won the iplayers national Combine as a punter and was a national finalist as a kicker. Shortly following his junior season, Corey committed to the University of Alabama and Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide Football team, while declining offers from WVU and Uva. This commitment is notable as it was unprecedented for a kicker to receive such offers during a junior season.
In Corey’s senior season, he became a 3-year letterman for the Applemen. He was named special teams’ player of the year. A highlight of that year was a walk off winning field goal of 41-yards over North Hagerstown. His accomplishments for this season were 13 of 18 in field goals and 17 of 17 with extra points. He set 2 state records-most field goals made in a season with and the longest was 59-yards. His per punt average was 36 yards and had a long of 67 yards, 16 of those 39 punts landed inside the 20-yard line. He also had 29 touchbacks. Following the season, He was selected as the 1st Team AAA All-State Kicker.
Nationally, Corey obtained quite a few recognitions: 2nd longest field goal in the nation (59 yards), third nationally based on 24/7 sports and scout.com, ranked 5th by On3.coma and #2 recruit in WV, ranked 12th nationally by Rivals.com , #3 recruit in West Virginia and 14th ranked kicker in the country by ESPN. Additionally, Corey was a part of the #1 recruiting class (Alabama) in the country as well as the USA Today/Old Spice Redzone Player of the Year nominee.
Corey was also a basketball player for the school and played each of his 3 years, starting on the freshman team and starting on the JV team and playing for the team during his junior year. Due to his athletic commitment to Alabama and his early graduation, he couldn’t play his senior year.
Corey’s collegiate career includes early enrollment to Alabama in 2008, where he served as the kicker for three games during his freshman year. Corey later transferred to WVU (2009), where he lettered for three seasons. He played in 32 games as a 3-year starter. He earned the special team’s player of the week twice (Pittsburgh 2010, Pittsburgh 2011). In his first career start he averaged 50 yards per punt. He obtained the third highest single game average in school history in a game against Pittsburgh by punting 4 times with a 57.2 yard average. Some notable numbers for his kicking career include196 total kickoffs for 12,125 yards and 28 touchbacks.
Academically, Corey was also a standout student, excelling throughout his years. He was recognized as a Garrett Ford academic Honor roll, Dean’s list, Big 12 Commissioner’s honor roll and Big east Academic all-star. In high school he served in civic organizations as a member of RAZE and FCA. From 2016-2018, he served as a United Way of the Eastern Panhandle Board of Directors. When Corey first returned back home, he joined the coaching staff and coached special teams from 2013-2015 where he coached the state special team’s player of the year/ inaugural Fulton Walker award recipient.
Corey is the son of Winston and Deanna Smith, has a sister Corisha and is married to Brooke Darlington Smith. The two of them have a daughter, Anniston and a son Daxton.
Corisha “Smith” McCall
Corisha is a 2013 graduate of Musselman High School. She played volleyball for the Applemen from 2008-2012. Corisha made the varsity team each of her four years here and as a freshman she lettered and earned the most improved volleyball player award. She was a member of the 2009 sectional and regional championship teams. During her sophomore season, she earned a letter, helped the team to the 2010 state AAA championship, earned AAA All-State honorable mention recognition as well as 1st team All-PVC.
As a junior, Corisha helped lead her team to the AAA State volleyball runner-up finish. For her efforts, she was recognized as a 1st team AAA All-State volleyball team selection. Her accolades following her junior year were 1st team All-PVC, earned the highest hitting percentage for the Applemen, drew All-Tournament recognitions at the Dorman Tournament in Spartansburg, SC as well as at the Queen of the Hill tournament in Charleston, WV. She also guided her team to the sectional and regional championship.
As a high school senior, Corisha helped lead the team to the AAA Volleyball state runner-up placing as well as leading the team to their 4th consecutive sectional and regional championships. Again, she was honored at multiple tournaments as she was selected as a member of the All-Tournament Team for the Endless Summer tournament in Virginia Beach, VA and the Queen of the Hill tournament in Charleston, WV. Following this final season in high school, Corisha was honored as one of the few that have played as a 4-year starter, obtained captain role 2 years and helped lead teams to a zero-loss home record over four years.
Corisha’s career high stats include three consecutive seasons with at least 400 kills, finished her career as the fifth all-time leader in kills, set a single season mark of 123 aces as well as a hitting percentage of .323. Of special note is the fact that she recorded over 1,00 kills in both high school and college. She earned All-American honors and she received a Division II Full scholarship to the University of West Florida.
Following graduation Corisha took her volleyball expertise to the University of West Florida, a Division II scholarship athletic program. She was a 4-year starter and full scholarship recipient. Here, she was extremely successful on and off the court as she helped this Gulf South Conference team to many years of success. Her teams appeared in 4 NCAA volleyball tournaments and reached the sweet 16 in 2013. She was recognized as an AVCA All American (and the 1st Musselman player to do so). She claimed the Gulf South Conference player of the week on 3 separate occasions. She was ranked 5th all time for the University of West Florida in career kills. She was a Gulf South Conference All-Tournament team member in 2015-2016 as her team claimed the championship in 2013, 2015 & 2016. Additionally, Corisha was chosen for the following individual awards: 2016 D2CCA All-South Region 1st team, 2016 AVCA All-South Region 1st Team, 2016 All Gulf South Conference 1st team, 2016, 2016 University of West Florida MVP, 2015 All Gulf South Conference 2nd team, 2010-2020 Gulf South Conference All Decade Team, 2016 Gulf South All Tournament team, 2016 South Region Crossover Tournament All Tournament team. She finished her final year as the only player in the south Region inside the top 20 in both Kills per set (3.07) and hitting percentage (.295).
As with so many of our Hall of Fame members, Corisha excelled in the academic arena. She was a member of the National Honor Society, performing her civic duties through the FCA. She received the ADA Academic achievement award in both 2015 and 2016.she made the GSA Fall academic honor roll each of her 4 years (2013-2016). Upon depleting her athletic eligibility, she became an assistant coach for West Florida. Corisha graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2017 and completed her Masters’ in 2020 with her MA in performance and sport psychology, also Magna Cum Laude.
Corisha is the daughter of Winston and Denna Smith (Class of 1976), is married to Blake McCall, a Texas A&M football assistant director of strength and conditioning. They reside in College Station, Texas.
